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Armed to deter cops (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by Potatos_are_not_friends to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Too bad this is an extremely rare use case, but yes this is exactly the INTENT of the second amendment.

[–] aski3252 9 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Does it actually work? Because I fear that it doesn't and just gives cops/the state even more excuses to further militarize police in the long teem.

I'm not antigun, but this seems like an arms race you can't win.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (6 children)

It does. Armed peaceful protesters don't get hassled by the police. These are armed peaceful protesters and they were not hassled. It worked for the black panthers. Cops only brutalize the weak.

[–] aski3252 3 points 4 months ago

Armed peaceful protesters don't get hassled by the police.

There were quite a few shoot outs between panthers and cops, no? Some even argue that the increasing use of "swat" was, in part, because of black panthers.

Again, I'm not speaking out against armed groups, but it seems a bit romantized to say "armed protesters don't get hasseled"..

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